On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 12:58:13PM +0530, Suparna Bhattacharya wrote:
>
> Why don't we just merge the interface for preallocation (essentially
> enough to satisfy posix_fallocate() and the simple XFS requirement for
> space reservation without changing file size), which there is clear agreement
> on (I hope :)). After all, this was all that we set out to do when we
> started.
>
> And leave all the dealloc/punch/hsm type features for separate future patches/
> debates, those really shouldn't hold up the basic fallocate interface.
> I agree with Christoph that we are just diverging too much in trying to
> club those decisions here.
>
> Dave, Andreas, Ted ?
Sure. I'll just make XFS work with whatever it is that gets merged.
Cheers,
Dave.
--
Dave Chinner
Principal Engineer
SGI Australian Software Group
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